‘A journey is a person in itself: no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle we do not take a trip: a trip takes us.’ John Steinbeck There probably aren’t many variations on...

……………………If your idea of a sexy book is the gardening classic Fifty Sheds of Grey, or it’s Northern cousin Fifty Shades of Gravy, then this post will be a disappointment to you. But if you aren’t looking for...

‘Pray do not mock me / I am a very foolish fond old man / Fourscore and upward / Not an hour more or less / And to deal plainly / I fear I am not in my perfect mind / Methinks I should know you / And know this man’ King Lear Act 4 Scene 7 In his review of...